Coronavirus: Long waits for hospital operations soar

Coronavirus: Long waits for hospital operations soar The disruption to hospitals in England during the pandemic has meant the number of patients facing long waits for routine operations has soared.

More than two million people on the waiting list - half the total - have been waiting more than 18 weeks, the highest since records began in 2007.

Some 83,000 have waited over a year, up from 2,000 before the pandemic. BBC News

See also:

• Long waits for care are a 'timely reality check on the challenges facing NHS services' The King's Fund
• One in 50 NHS patients have now been waiting a YEAR or more for planned surgery The Daily Mail
• Hospital waiting list numbers in England triple since last year The Guardian
• NHS England sees record 2.15 million patients waiting for hospital treatment Sky News